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Students practice hand washing in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA, Oct 11, 2018 (BSS) – An assembly of char students was held at
SKS Inn at Radhakrishnapur for practicing proper hand washing with other
hygiene related activities.
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and Swiss Red Cross (SRC) have
arranged the assembly for the students of four char unions of Fulchhari
upazila here under Disaster Risk Management (DRM) project marking the
National Sanitation Month and World Hand Washing Day-2018.
According to sources BDRCS has been implementing the DRM project for the
underprivileged char dwellers of Erendabari, Fazlupur, Gozaria and Fulchhari
unions of the upazila since July, 2017 with the financial and technical
support of SRC.
Under the project, a School Wash Survey had been conducted by the
organizations among 261 students of 75 primary schools located at project
areas recently.
In the survey, it was learnt that only 161 students clean teeth with
brush, 97 cut nail, 13 wash hands, 62 use sandals, 148 take baths regularly,
123 wear clean dress, 110 clean head hair and 10 clean ear.
As the performance of hygiene related activities was very poor, the
organizations took the step to make the students learned about proper hand
washing system and other sanitation activities and accordingly, the assembly
was arranged.
Upazila parishad chairman Habibur Rahman addressed the function as the
chief guest and and district primary education officer Aminul Islam Mondal
and upazila primary education officer Kafil Uddin Sarker were present as the
special guests.
Manager of DRM, SRC Tuhin Samaddar conducted the assembly as the
facilitator while DRM project manager Golam Mostafa was the moderator.
After elaborate discussion, all the students practiced the hand washing
system in a hand washing station, an innovative idea of Tuhin Samaddar, set
up in front of the conference room to save them from water borne diseases
like diarrhea, cholera, and dysentery.
A total of 150 students with 16 teachers from 75 schools of the char
unions of the upazila and journalists participated in the programme
spontaneously.
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